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1 # Then Shephatiah <08203> the son <01121> of Mattan <04977>, and Gedaliah <01436> the son <01121> of Pashur <06583>, and Jucal <03116> the son <01121> of Shelemiah <08018>, and Pashur <06583> the son <01121> of Malchiah <04441> , heard <08085> (8799) the words <01697> that Jeremiah <03414> had spoken <01696> (8764) unto all the people <05971> , saying <0559> (8800),
2 Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, He that remaineth <03427> (8802) in this city <05892> shall die <04191> (8799) by the sword <02719>, by the famine <07458>, and by the pestilence <01698>: but he that goeth forth <03318> (8802) to the Chaldeans <03778> shall live <02421> (8804); for he shall have his life <05315> for a prey <07998>, and shall live <02421> (8799) (8675) <02425> (8804).
3 Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, This city <05892> shall surely <05414> (8736) be given <05414> (8735) into the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Babylon's <0894> army <02428>, which shall take <03920> (8804) it.
4 Therefore the princes <08269> said <0559> (8799) unto the king <04428>, We beseech thee, let this man <0376> be put to death <04191> (8714): for thus <03651> he weakeneth <07503> (8764) the hands <03027> of the men <0582> of war <04421> that remain <07604> (8737) in this city <05892>, and the hands <03027> of all the people <05971>, in speaking <01696> (8763) such words <01697> unto them: for this man <0376> seeketh <01875> (8802) not the welfare <07965> of this people <05971>, but the hurt <07451>.
5 Then Zedekiah <06667> the king <04428> said <0559> (8799), Behold, he is in your hand <03027>: for the king <04428> is not he that can <03201> (8799) do any thing <01697> against you.
6 Then took <03947> (8799) they Jeremiah <03414>, and cast <07993> (8686) him into the dungeon <0953> of Malchiah <04441> the son <01121> of Hammelech <04428>, that was in the court <02691> of the prison <04307>: and they let down <07971> (8762) Jeremiah <03414> with cords <02256>. And in the dungeon <0953> there was no water <04325>, but mire <02916>: so Jeremiah <03414> sunk <02883> (8799) in the mire <02916>.
7 Now when Ebedmelech <05663> the Ethiopian <03569>, one <0376> of the eunuchs <05631> which was in the king's <04428> house <01004>, heard <08085> (8799) that they had put <05414> (8804) Jeremiah <03414> in the dungeon <0953> ; the king <04428> then sitting <03427> (8802) in the gate <08179> of Benjamin <01144>;
8 Ebedmelech <05663> went forth <03318> (8799) out of the king's <04428> house <01004>, and spake <01696> (8762) to the king <04428>, saying <0559> (8800),
9 My lord <0113> the king <04428>, these men <0582> have done evil <07489> (8689) in all that they have done <06213> (8804) to Jeremiah <03414> the prophet <05030>, whom they have cast <07993> (8689) into the dungeon <0953>; and he is like to die <04191> (8799) for <06440> hunger <07458> in the place <08478> where he is: for there is no more bread <03899> in the city <05892>.
10 Then the king <04428> commanded <06680> (8762) Ebedmelech <05663> the Ethiopian <03569>, saying <0559> (8800), Take <03947> (8798) from hence thirty <07970> men <0582> with thee <03027>, and take up <05927> (8689) Jeremiah <03414> the prophet <05030> out of the dungeon <0953>, before he die <04191> (8799).
11 So Ebedmelech <05663> took <03947> (8799) the men <0582> with him <03027>, and went <0935> (8799) into the house <01004> of the king <04428> under the treasury <0214>, and took <03947> (8799) thence old <01094> cast clouts <05499> and old <01094> rotten rags <04418>, and let them down <07971> (8762) by cords <02256> into the dungeon <0953> to Jeremiah <03414>.
12 And Ebedmelech <05663> the Ethiopian <03569> said <0559> (8799) unto Jeremiah <03414>, Put <07760> (8798) now these old <01094> cast clouts <05499> and rotten rags <04418> under thine armholes <0679> <03027> under the cords <02256>. And Jeremiah <03414> did <06213> (8799) so.
13 So they drew up <04900> (8799) Jeremiah <03414> with cords <02256>, and took him up <05927> (8686) out of the dungeon <0953>: and Jeremiah <03414> remained <03427> (8799) in the court <02691> of the prison <04307>.
14 # Then Zedekiah <06667> the king <04428> sent <07971> (8799), and took <03947> (8799) Jeremiah <03414> the prophet <05030> unto him into the third <07992> entry <03996> that is in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> : and the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto Jeremiah <03414>, I will ask <07592> (8802) thee a thing <01697>; hide <03582> (8762) nothing from me.
15 Then Jeremiah <03414> said <0559> (8799) unto Zedekiah <06667>, If I declare <05046> (8686) it unto thee, wilt thou not surely <04191> (8687) put me to death <04191> (8686)? and if I give thee counsel <03289> (8799) , wilt thou not hearken <08085> (8799) unto me?
16 So Zedekiah <06667> the king <04428> sware <07650> (8735) secretly <05643> unto Jeremiah <03414> , saying <0559> (8800), As the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, that made <06213> (8804) us this soul <05315>, I will not put thee to death <04191> (8686), neither will I give <05414> (8799) thee into the hand <03027> of these men <0582> that seek <01245> (8764) thy life <05315>.
17 Then said <0559> (8799) Jeremiah <03414> unto Zedekiah <06667>, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, the God <0430> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>; If thou wilt assuredly <03318> (8800) go forth <03318> (8799) unto the king <04428> of Babylon's <0894> princes <08269>, then thy soul <05315> shall live <02421> (8804), and this city <05892> shall not be burned <08313> (8735) with fire <0784>; and thou shalt live <02421> (8804), and thine house <01004>:
18 But if thou wilt not go forth <03318> (8799) to the king <04428> of Babylon's <0894> princes <08269>, then shall this city <05892> be given <05414> (8738) into the hand <03027> of the Chaldeans <03778>, and they shall burn <08313> (8804) it with fire <0784>, and thou shalt not escape out <04422> (8735) of their hand <03027>.
19 And Zedekiah <06667> the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto Jeremiah <03414>, I am afraid <01672> (8802) of the Jews <03064> that are fallen <05307> (8804) to the Chaldeans <03778>, lest they deliver <05414> (8799) me into their hand <03027>, and they mock <05953> (8694) me.
20 But Jeremiah <03414> said <0559> (8799), They shall not deliver <05414> (8799) thee. Obey <08085> (8798), I beseech thee, the voice <06963> of the LORD <03068>, which I speak <01696> (8802) unto thee: so it shall be well <03190> (8799) unto thee, and thy soul <05315> shall live <02421> (8799).
21 But if thou refuse <03986> to go forth <03318> (8800), this is the word <01697> that the LORD <03068> hath shewed <07200> (8689) me:
22 And, behold, all the women <0802> that are left <07604> (8738) in the king <04428> of Judah's <03063> house <01004> shall be brought forth <03318> (8716) to the king <04428> of Babylon's <0894> princes <08269>, and those women shall say <0559> (8802), Thy friends <0582> <07965> have set thee on <05496> (8689), and have prevailed <03201> (8804) against thee: thy feet <07272> are sunk <02883> (8717) in the mire <01206>, and they are turned away <05472> (8738) back <0268>.
23 So they shall bring out <03318> (8688) all thy wives <0802> and thy children <01121> to the Chaldeans <03778> : and thou shalt not escape out <04422> (8735) of their hand <03027>, but shalt be taken <08610> (8735) by the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>: and thou shalt cause this city <05892> to be burned <08313> (8799) with fire <0784>.
24 Then said <0559> (8799) Zedekiah <06667> unto Jeremiah <03414>, Let no man <0376> know <03045> (8799) of these words <01697>, and thou shalt not die <04191> (8799).
25 But if the princes <08269> hear <08085> (8799) that I have talked <01696> (8765) with thee, and they come <0935> (8804) unto thee, and say <0559> (8804) unto thee, Declare <05046> (8685) unto us now what thou hast said <01696> (8765) unto the king <04428>, hide <03582> (8762) it not from us, and we will not put thee to death <04191> (8686); also what the king <04428> said <01696> (8765) unto thee:
26 Then thou shalt say <0559> (8804) unto them, I presented <05307> (8688) my supplication <08467> before <06440> the king <04428>, that he would not cause me to return <07725> (8687) to Jonathan's <03083> house <01004>, to die <04191> (8800) there.
27 Then came <0935> (8799) all the princes <08269> unto Jeremiah <03414>, and asked <07592> (8799) him: and he told <05046> (8686) them according to all these words <01697> that the king <04428> had commanded <06680> (8765). So they left off speaking <02790> (8686) with him; for the matter <01697> was not perceived <08085> (8738).
28 So Jeremiah <03414> abode <03427> (8799) in the court <02691> of the prison <04307> until the day <03117> that Jerusalem <03389> was taken <03920> (8738): and he was there when Jerusalem <03389> was taken <03920> (8738) .